Escapist Discourse Strategies in the Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Expressions of Sex and Sexuality in Nigerian Hip-Hop Lyrics and Videos
ESCAPIST DISCOURSE STRATEGIES IN THE LINGUISTIC AND NONLINGUISTIC EXPRESSIONS OF SEX AND SEXUALITY IN NIGERIAN HIP-HOP LYRICS AND VIDEOS BY ADEOLA OLUWAGBEMINIYI OJOAWO Matric No: 159565 B.A. (Ife); M.A. (Ibadan) A Thesis in the Department of English Submitted to the Faculty of Arts in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY of the UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN JULY, 2016 DEDICATION This work is dedicated to the Almighty, who knew me before I was formed, and to the people I call family. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Firstly, my appreciation goes to Almighty God who saw me through and indeed confirms his word in my life. He gave me the word “possible” and made me run by it. Special thanks to my parents, Dr and Mrs Bolanle Ojoawo. My father‟s life, as a scholar and goal getter, motivated me as a young girl and it has always been my dream to bag this degree one day. However, this dream would not have been achieved if my mother did not stand by me. She encourages me with her words, care, prayers and her “widow‟s mite”. I love you mum!!! My siblings: Akintomide Abiodun and Ayomide Abiodun, what can I do without you? I feel blessed to have you. Your consistent follow-up ensured no room for failure. I want to also thank my meticulous supervisor, Dr A.B. Sunday, for his patience, emotional intelligence, support, guidance, encouragement, advice and the confidence he had in me throughout my time as his student. I dare to say I have been extremely fortunate to have such a brilliant guiding angel, because completing this work would have been so difficult even unachievable without him.
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